Dry closet.



I. H. IVIERSHON.

DRY cLosH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I2, 1916.

Patent-ed Apr. 24, 1917.

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MUTE@ STAJFES PATENT FFlQFa JOHN H. MERSHON, F VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS.

DRY CLOSET.

Application filed September l2, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MEBSHON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Van Alstyne, in the county of Grayson and State 'f of Texas, have invented certain new and to improve the construction and increase the eticiency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment which may be applied without material structural change to closet seats of various forms.

lVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then speciically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional side elevation,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the receptacle portion of the improved device.

The improved device comprises a receptacle of porous material such as coarse open mesh cloth or like fabric through which iuids will readily drain but which will retain solid matter, and with means Jfor susr another substituted when required.

The improved device is adapted to be employed in connection with the seats of closets erected where sewer connections are not available, and may be applied without mater rial structural changes to closets of this class already in use, or to closets erected especially to receive the improved attachment, and it is not desired,therefore, to limit the invention to any specific form of closet or seat.

The improved device is adapted for use in connection with the ordinary commode structure, and for the purpose of illustration is sho-wn applied to a device of this character. The commode comprises a casing Specification o' Letters Eatent,

Patented Apr, 2e, 1917.

Serial No. 119,708.

or base having a seat 11 provided with the opening 12 and closure 13, the latter being hinged at 14: to the seat.

The base 10 is generally extended upwardly at the rear, as shown at 15, to form a back rest, and this portion'of the device is utilized to receive and support a ventilating conductor 1G or' suitable size.

rFhe base 10 is provided at the rear with a hinged door 17, to afford access to the interior of the base.

The receptacle is represented as a whole at 18 and is formed in pocket or sacl like shape and' with a hem encompassing its open upper end. Holding rods 19 are arranged to be inserted in the hem at the sides of the sack, each rod having eyes 2O and 2l at its ends. Vhen the rods are inserted the eyes 2O will be embedded in the hem while the eyes 21 will extend beyond the lines of the sack, as shown in Fig. 3.

Hook devices 22 are inserted in the lower race of the seat 11 and spaced from the opening 12 forwardly and rearwardly thereof, and the eyes 21 together with the sack material which covers them, are forced over the sharpened points of the hooks which are located forwardly of the seat opening, and the eyes 21, or the portions of the rods adjacent thereto, engaged with the hooks which are located rearwardly of the seat opening.

An unused sack can be inserted through the rear door 17 and suspended from the hooks, and a used sack removed and an unused sack substituted therefor without disturbing the seat or its closure 13.

A frame like member 23 is located upon the floor 24 of the base 10 to receive lime or other absorbent and disinfecting material and into which liquids will drain from the sack, leaving solid matter only in the sack.

r1`he contents of the member 23 may be removed and replenished when required through the same door 17.

The closures 13 and 17 will fit sufliciently close to prevent the entrance of flies or other insects and also to prevent the escape of odors.

The entrance to the vent member 16 will be provided with screen material indicated at 25, to prevent the entrance of insects.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the class described comprising a receptacle of porous material open at the upper side and having a hem encompassing the open side, rods having terminal eyes and embedded in said hem, one eye of each rod being disposed Within the hem7 pointed hooks adapted to be attached to a closet seat and with Which the embedded eyes of In testimony whereof I afiX my signature.

JOHN HMERsHoN. [L s] Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

